When Dr. Tom works on his course TBP101 (the big picture, 101), he spends most...

Success in learning, work, and life through self-development.
When Dr. Tom works on his course TBP101 (the big picture, 101), he spends most...
At parents’ night, some years ago, my daughter’s middle school math teacher told my wife and me, “Your daughter just doesn’t have a talent for math.” That...
Can you imagine what it would be like to improve everything you do that you care about? You'd become amazing. It sounds too good to be true, but with the right mindset...
Maybe you’ve been there. Nobody else sees it. But you do.
You know the quality of the work you just turned in to...
Have you ever felt under-appreciated? Or doubted your ability? Maybe you just find things in yourself lacking or substandard. These feelings are not at all uncommon, and yet they hold us back from...
The best students know that they learn the most from failing. They don't try to fail, and they don't love failure. But they love the learning opportunity that comes from failure. Don't get me ...
Over 35 million Americans have some college and no degree. That's an alarming statistic when you consider the time, money, and debt invested by them with little to show for it. You might be one of...
Many posts and articles in the last few years have broken my heart. They give counter-productive techniques to studying that not only waste your time, but set you up for frustration and...
How much of the rhetoric we hear in the media is bitter and mean? A local high school student describes a solution to help students, and the rest of us, learn the art of civility, in part by using...
The learners of today will face continuously evolving futures of challenge. Will you be up to it? In part 1 of this 3 part series, we discussed employment-focused, transferable-competency...